Melting Ice Is Spurring Strategic Competition in the Arctic

aerial view of Artic ice shelf

Melting ice is allowing new Arctic routes to open, prompting increased access competition in the High North.

Credit: Planet Labs
In 1935, a former U.S. Army officer and World War I veteran named Billy Mitchell pleaded with the House Committee on Military Affairs to take seriously the strategic importance of Alaska. In the nine decades since his resignation from the Army, Mitchell is better remembered for being court-martialed...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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